Monthly Archives: July 2010

What is it good for?

To paraphrase Edwin Starr’s song War: NSCP, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing Today @ChrysStevenson tweeted about an article on the sunshinecoast.com.au site titled: School Chaplains programme could end. Written by Liberal National Federal Member for Fisher … Continue reading

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The Cognitive Dissonance is Strong in This One

Watched an awesome video last night on ABC1 TV Compass program called: Christianity: A History – God and the Scientists; do yourself a favour and watch it (streaming video or download, about 50 minutes). The presenter Colin Blakemore (a British … Continue reading

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Exemption on Religious Grounds

Australia is about to have an election, voting is on Saturday 21 August, but not everyone can make it to a polling booth on that day so we have a system that allows certain people to submit a postal vote … Continue reading

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Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking is an important part of education that is sometimes neglected. Fortunately there are people trying to improve this downfall. The Critical Thinking Education Group (CTEG) provided talks/workshops at TAM8, the link is the resources from those talks and … Continue reading

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